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Ex-Mechanic Falls manager takes Naples post

NAPLES — After months of searching and interviewing candidates, officials have named John Hawley as their new manager. He is slated to start work in late February. Hawley, 49, of Oxford is director of operations for Regional School Unit 16, which encompasses Mechanic Falls, Minot and Poland. He previously served as the town manager in […]

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RSU 16 superintendent, ed techs get raise

POLAND — The Regional School Unit 16 board on Monday approved a 3 percent raise for Superintendent Tina Meserve each year for the next three years. The move comes five months after the board extended her contract despite a crowd of parents and community members who said they were unhappy with her. Although the superintendent […]

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Posted inLetters

Resignations not related to losses

I wanted to clarify an article that appeared Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015. The article spoke at length regarding RSU 16’s food-service debt and then, in a following sentence, indicated that Randy Plummer and Leslie Hayes had offered their resignations. To readers, the perception might have been that the resignations were associated with the financial losses. […]

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J. Hawley: Sand availability explained

I wanted to set the facts straight about the town sand availability that Ollie Emery misspoke of in his letter, printed Nov. 3. The public sand pile is in the same location it has always been. Because of the expense and inconvenience to Mechanic Falls residents if the sand was locked up at the transfer […]